Clean inside those bagpipes — and trumpets and clarinets

Dangerous yeasts and molds can flourish in wind instruments

bagpipes

CLEAN THOSE PIPES  Inside the dark, moist interior of bagpipes, fungi can grow and potentially infect the lungs of people who play.

 

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Bagpipe lung
BAGpīp ləng n.

An inflammatory lung disease caused by regular inhalation of fungi living inside bagpipes.